A few days ago I watched the 2008 movie Burn After Reading, staring George Clooney, Brad Pitt, John Malkovich, and Tilda Swinton. I enjoy stories with a little political intrigue, and this movie's core plot of some local opportunists getting their hands on the secret documents of a former CIA operative sounded like a match for my interests. Plus, it has the word "reading" in the title.